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Couldn't have put it better myself. I am sure they are set to self destruct. They refuse to listen to guests, lack common sense, and are just dictators talking down to everyone. Sorry BPB (YEs BPB! THAT is what you are and should be! BLACKPOOL Pleasure beach! Call yourself what you like, that is what everyone will call you! It is an honest no brainer to bring family walk around. If anything Free entry for non riders and you are quids in as more money to be spent IN park on food, sideshows, photo ops YES even with modern mobile phones! Old folk who used to ride, will come and reminisce over days gone (like me) and bring their modern family! and it passes from generation to generation. newcomers to blackpool will then visit the park, and perhaps buy tickets to ride. Honestly why is it they cannot see the obvious in this. Opening should go into the evening as well! If they are fed up with it, I bet Merlin would snap it up, but I question if they would maintain it as is, but at least it will be kept running. COME ON FAMILY! Get your act together! WE LOVE THE PARK, future kids will, you can do this!

Amanda Thompson killed the pleasure beach. It’s dead. 💀 Disrepair is off the charts, rust, corrosion, rotting wood on the coasters, simple staff members. It will be over soon sadly. Her dad must be turning in his grave what she’s done to that place.

I find it still funny that Disneyland paris still holds up despite the lack of investment. DLP is an interesting case study to judge the imagineering during the Bob Iger era. In scientific experiments you have often a control group and DLP is basicly the control park. Disney under Iger has brought many changes towards its themeparks. Some good some bad. But if we have to review Bob Igers legacy one day, then we can use DLP to judge Bob Igers influence towards the parks.

DCA is terrible. I used to like it more in 2012 before the terrible Marvel land, the loss of Tower and Soarin over CA, and the bad Pixar Pier. The park is now just a dumpster for whatever next IP they will stuff in it.

im a mix of both. I love the original houses because of the stories they tell, and they add to the hhn lore which im still learning about, but I also love the IP houses because some of them I know and enjoy stepping into that world and see it in person.

i agree that the original houses definitely are higher quality & more enjoyable than the IPs. don’t get me wrong, i LOVE my IPs, but i’ve found from my 10 years of going to the event that they’re given far more creative control over the originals, and because of this, they just absolutely stuff them full of passion, love, and as many little details as you can think of. my unmasking the horror tours, which i’ve only done last year and this year granted, just proved this point further; seeing with the lights on how much more details are in the originals and how much more grand they can be is just amazing. and this isn’t even including the immense, two-decade long universe & lore that universal creative has designed SPECIFICALLY FOR halloween horror nights

They should just call it Disney Adventure Park.

It's looking tired and needs a hell of a lot of Cash injection.

The whole ticket purchase is a joke, having to put a picture why why , then having to scan it every ride why , it's obvious that if you got a ticket to enter then its obvious you going on the rides, there's no discount for people who just want to walk in the park anymore so why have to scam every ride , it's a traditional park run in old traditional ways and they won't change stuck with old outdated ways so stubborn to change

They need to turn into a broad walk park. So simple.

I was JUST talking to someone about how I'm sad that magic kingdom is changing that area because moving water and natural looking spaces add so much to the homey and familiar feelings of a theme park vs. something that feels completely man made and sometimes uncomfortable to hang out in. (would you rather sit on the ground of galaxy's edge, or take a break around the pond in hollywood studios? Would you rather hang out and take a rest with a calming view at rivers of america or stand in the middle of every big walkway behind the castle where it's mostly concrete?)

Close it down then and use the area for something else. 😂

Because they are fun! 😆

Stop charging to walk round

I loved Noah’s Ark as a child and Steeplechase is my favourite ride of all time

For themeparks it is a good thing that Halloween events are so popular. The fall/autumn season tend to be less popular than then the summer season here in europe. I mean this time of the year is often rainy and cold. A Halloween event gives themeparks a chance to attract a lot of guest before they go into the winterpause.

I think what Blackpool needs is a new Pleasure Beech owner

Went yesterday 4th oct super day took kids out of school went on everything apart from tots rides most coasters 2/3 times. Cant believe big dipper is 101 years old go,s like the clappers vanhall was super, at one point im sure we was on fire 😂

Great video!!!

Fantastic video, and I've subbed :) I used to ADORE this place. It was my favourite childhood place, I went back in my teenaged years, I went there with my mates whilst at Uni, I even tried to get there every year in my 20s... but I went there two weeks ago and I have to say, the whole place just felt off. First of all, it's a bloody fortune. £50 on the door. £18 to park. This is just insane money for a family of four. You could book an all-inclusive to Benidorm for cheaper! You make the point very well in this video - attractions have been closed, and just left to rot. Where was the sense in shutting Noah's Ark, River Caves, Wild Mouse and the Grand Prix if you're not going to replace them with anything? Maybe there were structural issues with the Grand Prix, I dunno, but it's just a massive, empty ride that could easily be drawing a crowd. It always did. With the exception of Icon, I found myself walking round feeling sad tbh, wishing for the Park of my childhood, and the rides we have lost, to come back. I know that things need to change and grow, and I'm not against it, but it seems that the Park has become almost bitter at it's previous reputation. It desperately wants to be a Merlin park, and seems to have forgotten what made it so charming in the first place. Plus, my visit was made worse by Valhalla being shut for most of the day (great investment to refurb that, clearly), and them now introducing fast pass options for rides simply not built to handle it. Queues that should have taken half the time now take far longer as a result, and it just wasn't as fun. We were there 7 hours, and got on 5 rides. No joke. I also agree about some of the commentators below in their notice of the behaviour of the CEO. Getting into twitter spats with your customers when you've clearly had a shitty day is just not good business. What's more, it shows a pretty nasty attitude in general, and an unwillingness to think you're ever in the wrong. Amanda Thompson has not been a disaster for the Park. Far from it. Some of her decisions have been very good, and probably kept the place open as it entered the modern era. Maybe it couldn't survive as it was 20 years ago, I dunno. But something is different about the Pleasure Beach now, and it does make me sad. Ah well.

Oh no love a bit of pleasure beach . If Amanda sorts out rides and payment and even season tickets instead of building a new hotel

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We do a lot of theme parks and if BPB wants charge a premium price, it needs to be run like a premium park. - don't have staggered opening times for rides on weekends - don't require guests to scan their tickets on entry to each ride... We've paid for entry to the park - allow guests to bring in their own food such as sandwiches (although props for having a burger king on site at least... Merlin could learn here) - better integrate the hotels with the park. Why prevent hotel guests from using the hotel exit... It makes it easy for guests to leave the area and not spend more money in the hotels - have a sensible annual pass price... Making the pass more expensive than a Merlin annual pass is weird - don't insist guests can only have paid photos of characters and don't actively prevent guests taking their own photos. - provide a better family offering. Theres very little for kids below 1.2m and the ticket price for little ones is horrendous value for money. Our youngest has outgrown all the nickelodeon rides and until he is 1.2m and can go on a decent number of coasters, we won't be going back.

I fell out with PB when they gutted the old log flume in the esrly 00s

It doesn’t need a walk around pass . No other similar amusement park does this . On the day prices are to get you do it advance . It’s deliberate and to assist the business . Their model is just fine

I've lived in Blackpool since the early 70's. in my opinion it all started to go downhill when they started charging for entry. During the 70's and 80's it was free to walk in and that's how it should have stayed.

Personally, I think what’s going to happen is, Amanda is going to end up giving/letting someone else in the family run in the park side of things, and that will be a thing that turns all around.

even though hero is terrible, there are more than one flying coasters in the uk

Level all of the surrounding area, Blackpool is thee biggest toilet in the north of England, then and only then would this hell hole be worth a visit.

We went last Sunday and to say we were disappointed was an understatement. Loads of rides were closed, Avalanche only had one train running even though the queues were the longest for that rides and the general maintenance of the rides is very very poor. We normally go every year but can honestly say i don’t think we will back anytime soon. I was going to put a complaint in but thought there would be no point as their reply wouldn’t be to my satisfaction.

I have no idea how well it is doing, only the owners know that.... But as a guy that loves coasters Having like a 24 year gap between major new coasters meant I've had no reason to visit for a long time. They need to keep making new investments and they've just not done that. When Alton Towers got Nemesis, Oblivion and Air, I was always at that park and then after Air they didn't nothing of any worth until The Smiler and Then Wickerman.... But again with Towers we're back to waiting for a new coaster again. UK parks are so disappointing and what's even more bizarre is the last good dark rides we got were Terror Tomb and Alton Manor in the early 90s. Then they ruined them with the shooting nonsense :/ I find myself going abroad all the time now as other countries have lots of investment, meanwhile our government seems to just want to make it difficult for businesses to run.

Great points.

😄😄 waiting for you buy PB now

The maintenance is not up to standard they have had a problem with icon where they bypassed the safety system which is the block zones which is exactly the same thing that caused the smiler to crash at Alton towers because they over rode the computer system and caused it to crash, also I have seen photos of the big one with bolts missing from the restraint and it actually came up part way though the ride which is super dangerous thankfully there is a secondary seat belt but still the park is dangerous and run down and also too expensive nowadays also the ride reliability isn’t great right now to say the least also needs to bring the walk around pass back even if it was a small fee of like £5 or something because £50 on the day is really steep, also the park is having a bit of an identity crisis trying to brand themselves as a resort even tho two hotels and a couple shows is not a resort they would have to do a few more things in my opinion to be a resort like sort out some of the infrastructure like a separate entrance for hotel guests and some night time entertainment for hotels for example also they are trying to distance themselves from including Blackpool in the name even though that is where they are located the park is simply being neglected and are driving people away

Pleasure beach had over 50% attendance on 4 months this year, Alton Towers only went over 50% on 3 months of this year. (Even with Nemesis Reborn) Alton towers highest average queue time is 71 minutes, Blackpool is 39 minutes. There is no evidence Blackpool is struggling, that narrative only exists on the internet amongst die hard enthusiasts who like winding up Amanda Thompson. Also they wouldn't be putting in two new rides and repairing Ice Blast if they was struggling. Blackpool doesn't need saving.

youre completely right

£50 on the day is rediclous

Very thorough and interesting- thanks!

scaffolding is up on the drop tower just last weekend so hopefully something will be announced soon if it’s a part change or being taken down

I went to California adventure for the first time in July this year and I’ll be honest, I was very underwhelmed. The only ride i enjoyed was grizzley run! I wish it was still the California theme when it first came out!!! It was boring honestly. I didn’t even go to the marvel area. I’d rather have tower of terror and a bug land!!!

Brilliant watch prior to our family visit next week, can,t wait thanks 😮

The around-the-world version of the Soarin’ attraction should be better suited for Epcot, Tokyo DisneySea, and Shanghai Disneyland instead of Disney California Adventure…

I’d love to see a Disney’s American Adventures theme park that celebrates America!

Just make it a complete Pixar Park already.

Blackpool pleasure beach is stale. Nothing ever changes. Some of the coasters that are there are so violent that it hurts to ride them, think Grand National and Infusion. The Big one, although iconic, is boring. Not to mention the entry fee is ridiculous. I hate to say it, but its time to sell it over to Merlin.

Don't show old man Igor

Great video. CEO comes across as a bit of a *** .. how do these people get into these jobs??

Avengers campus is better than trash bugs land

if you take out Avangers, CarsLand, and the new entrance, its basically the same old park

the fact that they nuked almost all the Ent proves DCA simply reverted backwards